Belfast's second Rangeways marker will be installed on Saturday, October 1 at 1pm at Upper Bridge East, just off the Kaler Road.  See map of Belfast's shore access points for location. Waterfall Arts invites all to attend this public art event where the very large natural stone marker, harvested and split at the Four Fossils Granite Quarry in Vinalhaven, will be moved into place by a boom truck accompanied by short dedication remarks. Drive, walk, row, paddle, bike or canoe on over!
The first rangeway marker was installed  at the Allyn Street shore access path on November 13, 2010. Belfast has 17 public shore access points or paths, often referred to as rangeways. The marker project is a collaborative effort spearheaded by Waterfall Arts, with funding from the NLT Foundation, the Maine Arts Commission and the Davis Conservation Fund, in conjunction with the City, the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, Maine Birding Trail, the Parks and Recreation Commission, and the Pedestrian, Hiking, and Biking Committee. Key also to the success of the project has been the input and collaboration with the neighborhood of each rangeway.

The design for these public art installations was developed by Stockton Springs artist Douglas Coffin.  Coffin, one of the few traditional stone letter cutters in the country. Coffin felt that a simple approach tying all the rangeways and rights of way together was best.  Coffin states in his proposal that such a "gate" suggests "walking from the present into the past, through these ancient rangeways, through the stone that Belfast is built on, from land towards the water that Belfast first thrived on." 
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Allyn Street Marker Installation, Nov 2010